Employment Type : Full-Time
Paramedic Pilot - Emergency Dept Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas Sign On Bonus $8,000 (External Candidates Only) Are you looking for a rewarding career with family-friendly hours and top-notch benefits? We are looking for a qualified Paramedic like you to join our Texas Health family. Position Highlights Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas is an 898-bed, Magnet-designated hospital and recognized clinical program leader, having provided compassionate care to the residents of Dallas and surrounding communities since 1966. A full-service regional referral center, Texas Health Dallas has approximately 3,500 employees and 1,100 physicians on its medical staff, and offers a full range of services, including cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, orthopedics, senior care, women's services, and a renowned Level III neonatal intensive care unit. Texas Health Dallas has been recognized as a U.S. News and World Report Best Hospital in multiple specialties and is an accredited Cycle IV Chest Pain Center by the Society of Chest Pain Centers. The hospital is also a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, a certified Emergency Stroke Care center and was named “Best Place to Have a Baby” in Dallas County in 2012. Education Skills and Job Requirements Teamwork Participates in change; understands, promotes, and values ed evidence-based practices, quality improvement, and/or research, and utilizes them in practice; follows guidelines and recommendations defined by regulatory or professional practice agencies. Provides daily care that achieves outcome targets for core measures, NPSG, employee satisfaction, patient satisfaction, NDNQI and other unit/organizational metrics; demonstrates commitment to lifelong learning and development; demonstrates a commitment to advancing the professional practice of paramedicine; incorporates ethical principles from the Texas Department of State Health Services EMT Code of Ethics. Assists in meeting departmental/hospital KPIs related to: Patient outcomes, customer satisfaction, financial performance, organizational effectiveness, and community health care. 10% Why Texas Health As a Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas Paramedic, you’ll enjoy top-notch benefits including 401(k) with match, paid time off, competitive health insurance choices, healthcare and dependent care spending account options, wellness programs to keep you and your family healthy, tuition reimbursement, a student loan repayment program and more. At Texas Health, our people make this a great place to work every day. Our inclusive, supportive, people-first, excellence-driven culture make THR a great place to work. Here are a few of our recent awards: Additional perks of being a Texas Health Resources employee Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we’ve won and more. Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org #LI-FM1
H.S. Diploma or Equivalent Req
3 months paramedic training program required for licensing this is a Pilot program.
EMT-P (Only) - Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic required upon hire OR
LP - Licensed Paramedic required upon hire.
ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support required within 90 Days of hire. AND
BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support required prior to providing independent patient care and must be maintained quarterly. AND
PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support required within 90 Days of hire. AND
CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training required within 60 Days of hire
Communicates and collaborates with all members of the health care team; incorporates and participates in adopted communication tools; promotes a cost-effective team by judicious use of resources; leads by example by giving priority to doing the right thing for patient care; adapts to changes in workload; demonstrates flexibility related to patient needs, staffing and patient acuity; demonstrates the ability to respectfully listen to others' opinions; collaborates with physicians and interdisciplinary team members to promote safe individualized care.
Shared Decision Making
Actively participates in the Shared Governance model at unit, entity, and/or system level; actively engages in finding solutions for unit, division and/or entity concerns or issues; uses multiple available tools to stay informed of changes, updates and communications; demonstrates the ability to respectfully listen to others' opinions; Collaborates with physicians and interdisciplinary team members to promote safe individualized care.
Professional Development